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HMAS Lae P93

HMAS Lae P93 was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). It was named for the city of Lae, capital of Morobe...

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HMAS Aware P91

HMAS Aware P91 was an Attack-class patrol boat. She was launched on the 7th of October 1967, commissioned on the 21st of June 1968 and...

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HMAS Assail P89

HMAS Assail was commissioned into naval service in Brisbane on 12 July 1968. She was one of twenty Attack class patrol boats ordered for...

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HMAS Arrow P88

HMAS Arrow was commissioned into naval service at Hervey Bay in Queensland on 3 July 1968. She was one of twenty Attack class patrol...

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HMAS Ardent P87

HMAS Ardent P 87/A243 was an Attack class patrol boat. She was built by Evans Deakin and Company, and was commissioned into the RAN in...

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HMAS Samarai P85

HMAS Samarai P 85, named after the island of Samarai and its former town, was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. ...

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AHS Centaur

Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur was a hospital ship which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland on 14 May...

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HMAS Quiberon

HMAS Quiberon was one of eight Q Class destroyers built for the Royal Navy, although Quiberon was originally commissioned in the Royal...

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HMAS Platypus (1917)

HMAS Platypus was a submarine depot ship and base ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1919 and 1946.

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Submarine Service

The Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service is the collective name of the submarine element of the Royal Australian Navy. The service...

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HMAS AE2

His Majesty's Australian Submarine AE2 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness England on 18 June 1913. She...